茜

茜 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿一金田 (TMCW), four-corner 4460₁, composition ⿱艹西)

• 𣺋

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1027, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30871
• Dae Jaweon: page 1486, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3200, character 12
• Unihan data for U+831C

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰɯːns) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 西 (OC *sɯːl).

茜

1. (～草) madder (Rubia cordifolia)

   Synonyms: 蒐 (sōu), 韎 (mèi)

2. (literary) dark red
3. to dye red

Pronunciation from modern pronunciation of its phonetic part 西 (xī).

茜

1. Used in personal names and transcription.

   茜蒂·諾哈麗莎 [MSC, trad.]
   茜蒂·诺哈丽莎 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīdì Nuòhālìshā

   Siti Nurhaliza

Variant of 荽.

茜

1. Only used in 芫茜.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. madder

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kan’yō-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: あかね (akane, 茜)

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

アカネ

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Rubia

Wikipedia

From Old Japanese.

Originally a compound of 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ 根 (ne, “root”).^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) あかね (Heiban – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

茜(あかね) or 茜(アカネ) • (akane) 

1. a madder plant of the genus Rubia, especially the Japanese madder, Rubia argyi
2. a dye made from the roots of a madder plant
3. Short for 茜色 (akane-iro): madder red
4. a red dragonfly

   Synonym: 赤とんぼ (aka tonbo)

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アカネ.

• ガランス (garansu)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Akane

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茜(あかね) • (Akane) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

From Middle Chinese 茜 (MC tshenH).

茜(せん) • (Sen) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

茜: Hán Nôm readings: thiến

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